Grant: Master's Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Canada spends billions in development aid and works with a lot of international organizations that work with developing countries. But to what extent does all this activity help or hamper the growth and development of these countries, especially in their health sectors? What happens within the developing countries themselves when they decide matters that affect its citizens' access to health care? This study looks at the case of the Philippines: what international organizations have to do with the policies that the Philippine government enact in terms of health care, who holds the power and who makes the decisions within the country, and how this affects the Filipino people's access to health care and their health status.